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Newspaper Page Text^Egg8* ,IU4 “. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1883. PRICE 5 CiOjSTS DURING THE WEEK. VTHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE C1T» AND COUNTRY ARE DOING. Tbe New Oon*t—OcanUrfelUra Arretted-Cattle Dlteai* In Tennere**—Tarred and Fea*h«rad- Prtaooara Poiaoned-Eer aeaa Bzpls* ■toss—?oU'letl Gotreestfoa*. Etc, Taeedaj, fiep ember 18. The cesnet dUcovered by Professor Swift, director of Werr er obeervttory at Rochester, N. Y., Is mor- ins almost directly towards the earth. A plate, press and all tho necessaiy apparatus for counter feiting were found in a Duluth, Minn., grocery 1 atore. The United 8tatea naral station at Vllle Franche in the Mediteranean has been abolished. The lerenty-thlrd anniversary of Mexican indepen dence was celebrated in the City of Mexico. Tho sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows began its fifty-ninth annual session in Providence. James \V. Calhoun was shot and instantly killed in Worth county, Georgia, by a negro named Allen Ford. In the Zaladistrict, Hungary, there were fresh anti- .Jewish disorders. Disastrous floods in the districts of Taranta, Italy. Disturbances on the Donat fron tier of Hungary are subsiding. The cattle disease in England continues to increase. Two of the men who were convicted of participation tn the massa cres in Alexandria after its evacuation by Arabi 1'asba were hanged. Socialists made the opening of the Holland parliament the occasion for a politi cal demonstration. There were fifteen deaths from yellow fever In Havana during the post week, and tbe disease has broken out In GuaymaaLMexlco. wtmcirr. v ™ Officers Green and Norman, who were considera bly bruised np while arresting prisoners a short time ago, are about well. Henry Falkner, a negro man, was badly burned by the explosion of a kero sene oil lamp. Wfdnctdnr, Iwtmberllli The republican state convention of New Jersey nominated Judge Jonathan Dixon -governor. James McDermott, pn trial in Liverpool charged with conspiracy to murder public officials, was found not guilty. Seven hnndred and fifty thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed bv fire In New York. The violence of tho yellow fever in Guay- mas is due to the want drain. Tho statement the Imperial bank of Germany shows a decreaso specieof 6,181,000 marks. James Kemlo, a Metho dist minister of Newark, N. J., made a determined effort to kill his wife and himself, and they both will pvobably die. Five cow boys attacked a mcr chant at Ute Creek, New Mexico, and he killed two of them, wounded others and died himself. W 7HS-CXTY. Thomas Graves, a whito boy, was kicked by mulo and two of hit ribs were fractured. Abe Heu son, a negro man, who was found dead in bis bed, The residence of Mr. George Crawford on 8impson street was burglarised. Mr. Henry Davis, of New ton county, was in the city nearchlng for a stolen mule. Mr- John Marshall, a well known printer, died from an overt! oso of laudanum—whether it was taken with suicidal Intent is not known. Work on theckamberof commerce building will commence in a few days. Tharadaj, September SO. The democratic state convention of Maryland nominated Robert M. McLane, of Baltimore, for fpireraor, and the republican state convention Massachusetts nominated Congressman George Robinson for governor, andOliver Ames for lieu- tenant-governor. The town of Benson, Arizona, was destroyed by fire. A train on tbe West Shore i railroad of Wew York was thrown from tho track and three men wero killed and sixteen seriously hoUTit Surervirinr Architect Hill tendered Wue*? ignAti:/ii to Secretary Fclger to lake ifll-ct ns soon as his successor qualifies. Tho secretary of tho treasury Issued a call for fifteen millions of three per cent bonds. A statue of General Robert E. Lee was successfully cut in bronze In New York. The lilisheippl state fair begins at Jackson on October 19 CatUoln almost every part of Tennessee con tlnue (odlo of murrain. Kentucky Is suffering for rain. in tokcity, A big-crowd left for the Louisville exposition. Mr. Georgo Evans's residence on Markham street wu partially destroyed by fire. Subscriptions the new Kimball house to date amount to 989,000. A general row occurred at a ball near the old fa! grounds and Ike Cooper, a hsck driver, wu shot in tho bead, but as his cranium was so hard the ball did little damage. 'Friday September JM L. J. Britton, the tax collector of Hale county, Ala., is reported to be a defaulter In the sum of 917,- 0 0 The colored foreign mission Baptist conven tlou of the United States met in Manchester, Va. The Corean embassy visited the Boston exposition, Mary Brinklner wu burned to death by kerosene oil In Wheeling, West Virginia. Nelson Lyon's fur nitnre factory in Albany. N. Y., wu burned, the loss amounting to over 9*0,000. Several boilers in anironmilUn Pittsburg exploded killing three penons and dangeronslv woutiding several others. Sarah Williams wu murdered by John Lee near Terrapin Point, N. C. John Payne Collier, the cel ebrated philologist aud •Shskespcrian commentator, -died in London aged 91. Holtz, a murderer, wu .guillotined in RUelms, France. The bullion In tho •Bank of England Increased £90,000 during the put week. IN TBXCITY, The new two-cent postage stamps aie arriving, The building on Alabama street occupied by W. 0, Robinson u a paper box factory and the Kenni mills as a flour depot wu considerably damaged by fire a* also were the stocks of goods. The live stock trade is getting brisk. huturduv. *«pU*ber 39. There were 188 badness failure* throughout the United States and Canada during the put week, At Telleqr station. North Carolina, Enoch Brown, a negro, seized an ax and u his wife was preparing dinner stsaca her a blow which nearly severed her i head from her body. It Is estimated that the ex \ penice of tke Russian army for 1814 are seven mil iUm roubles in excess of thore for 1883. Five prom- Unentoitlzencof Trumbull, Conr., wero arrested lor tarring and feathering Charles H. Houston,who L sccvsed of cruelty to bis wife. About one bun- trod prisoners in the Connecticutt state prison were \ Maoned by eatfng canned meet—none fatally, j; \ tgm Sumter county, South Carolina, outraged Garrett county, Maryland, of the murder of JosJah Hardings. Arrangements are being made by the Irish national league for a aeries of mass meetings in America. Tbomu Johnson, a young fanner residing near Salem, Ohio, wu waylaid and beaten to death. Christine Nillsson sailed from London for New York. The republican party of Colorado Is divided against itself. IN THE CITY. A man named Enright got drunk and laying down behind Faith's barroom on Decatur street' wu robbed of his pants and coat Ordinary Cal houn issued an order for an election to be held In the l'eachiree district to decide the matter of fence, or no fence in that district, Eliza Ingram, a color ed woman, dropped dead while preparing supper. Governor McDaniel refused to interfere lu the case of George Wallace, th? negro who is sentouced to bo hanged in Savannah, next Friday. Tho residence of Mr. George Agnew, on Magazine street, wu burglarized. 3H8RID a N'8 MEN. a little white girl named Battle Dixon, and a sister of the victim. In trying to protect her, was stabbed, but not dangerously, by the negro; a party of clti- sens arrested tbe negro ana you know what follow ed. e'en or Alaur, one of the wealthiest men In So nora, Mexico, and owner of the famous Trinidad mine, died of yellow fever. in ra* CITY. The schools are all in a flourishing condition. Policeman Harris killed a mad dog on Jackson street The Metropolitan street car company will be ready for business by tke middle of October. Sdgar Leman, a white boy. fell from a scaffold, sustaining a fracture of tbe ri(ht leg. Johnson,one of the convicts who escaped from Lockett's camp at tho Chattahoochee river, wu arrested ia Ala bama and brought back. Suter, Srfteaktr tS. Broncer A Co., clothiers of New York, failed in tbe amount of 9165,8.2. A boiler exploded in Shreveport, La., killing five persons. Archie John son, a negro, who outraged a little white girl in Richmond county, North Caroline, wu taken from the Jail by a band of men and lynched. There were nine deaths from yellow fever at Gnaymu, Mexico, and twelve deaths from the same disease In Havana. John 8mUh, colored, wai convicted at Oakland, Aa KatkaalaaUc llcceptljn at llarrlsvabHrs-Sluite •ad Fla**. Hakkifonbubg, Va., September 22 —At half put 1 o’clock to-day 218 union veterans, who served in Shenandoah valley campaign of '61, under General Phil Sheridan, from Maine. New Hampshire, Mas sachusetts, Rhodelsland and Connecticut, arrived in this town. They were met twenty-five miles north of here by a delegation of soldiers and citizen and at the depot by SOU citizens aud veterans of the 10th Virginia regiment. Tho greatest good feeling and enthusiasm prevailed throughout. A speech of welcome was made in the open air by Cat tain • 8. Harnsbergcr, u confederate veteran, which wu loudly applauded by the visit ora. Oolonpl Carroll D. Wright of Bos ton, responded. The visitors sat down to dinner lnrnlshed by tho citizens at the Revere house. The repast wu enjoyed by all present, and tho men from tho eut expressed themselves u delighted with the hospitalities of tho citizens, the veuerablc General Thomas, of Montpelier, Vermont, being conspicu ous for his enthusiasm on tho subject. Tho veterans were escorted to tho depot at fivo o'clock by the soldiers and a host of citizens, ana the train moved off amid the shouts of the people and the cheers of the departing visitors, ana the waving of flags and handkerchiefs. They go direct to their ROSE AMBLER'S MURDERER. The Respected Lover Growls* lttch ttatefthe Kcl*h\ t»or’aC'nrlu»llr« Nxw Haven, September 22,—Tho detectives have not yot hit upon a clue, upon which they are will ing for tho investigation to proceed. A curious phase of the crime is developing in the fact that Lewis is rapidly growing rich. His business hu more than doubled within the put fortnight, and he is now obliged on his dillv trip from Hartford up through the Naugatuck valley villages to carry double the quantity of nrodnee with which his regular patrons were formerly satisfied. New patrons have flocked to him, and tho arrival of bis wagon at Birmingham and Shel ton is the one dally event of importance there. Everybody wants to aee the fellow and overybody wants to talk with him. He has developed iuto a big hero, and William fully appreciates the glory which has been showered upon him. His maimer has become nervous. He answers questions now with an unusual abruptness, aud eveu the fond ex pressions of sympathetic young women along his route are received with a haughty carelessness that falls ridiculously short of the dignity aimed at. Lewis treats with outspoken scorn the efforts of the detectives to connect him with tbe crime, and as-1 ■times to think It a very funny joke that his lap- robe and wearing appanl should have been taken to an expert mlcroscoplst for examlnatlan. He says, however, that a man of less nerve than him self, or one without a phenomenally clear con science, would probably have succumbed to tho J wearing experiences of tho past fortnight. Detec Uvea dewing bis steps gn' watching ovory move ■teUt ha makes,.Mat onto! bc«i to .Interview him, aud his best friend* looking upon him with suspicion arc, he says, sufllctent to break | up any ordinary man aud make him look bad. THE YELLOW FEVER. THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. FACT AND FANCIES CAUGHT UPON TKE STREETS Fex of the Foltoo Qaiitte-Honey by tbs Btrrel- Toombrt Inspection-Weitern Shipment* ol O ang*s Freak In tbo Bslt Flab erode— Matters In Osnerai Dlcontsed. Tke Placue iacrcMlas at U*ayaM—Deaths «t llaTSia, Guaynas. Mexico, September 22.—Nine deaths from yellow fover havo been reported during tho last twenty-four hours at Guaymas. The thermometer has men to 97 degrees. Fears are again entertained that under tho great heat and tho filthy condition of tho streets tho fever will again increase and spread. Eleven new cases were report cd yesterday. Not enough rain fell to clear tbe streets and the hot suu following has tended to increase the malaria. The increase lu deaths aud tho new esses havo drlveu the people almost frantic, not knowing whether they should flee from tho city or remain in hone that the wont has passed. Tho members of the board of hctlth have proved them selves uttoilv incompetent to deal with tho matter. It is rumored that Delvalle, a millionaire of this city, who lied to tbo country, has died. No news has been received from Hermosllla. Havana, September 22.—Twelve deaths from yel low f«ver occurred at Havana during the past S an Fbanuu - -•'♦ember 22.—Captain Caverly.of the steamship Cotta. ;h touched off Mitzatiun on lu way up from Fan*. A, in spoaktuc of the yel low fever along the Mexican coast, confirms the re ports of the burial of the dead by a band of hired Indians who. he says, roamed from bouse to house gathering up corpus as the garbage man would make his rounds. This resulted, hays Cap- tsln Cavlrly, in mauy persona being burled alive. In one case a man was taken up for dead and carted away and burled in le>s than half an hour. It wa* rumored a notee was heard lu tho box as it was being cirted off A friend hearing of this went to the cemetery, disinterred the remains aud found that the man bad turned over during the agony of suff.jcation. Information from a private source states that there had been 80J deaths at Mazatlau the last six weeks. Atlanta, Ga , September 22.—Despite tho short crops, our merchants report excellent trade ard better prospects. This state of things Is no unexpected than welcome. It seems foolhardy to predict political events a year ahead, but it is said to be among tho certain ties that Captain Harry Jackson will contest Con gresaman Hammond’s re-election. In which case Fulton will become tho central battle field. Tho new counties In the district offer no new candi dates unless Rockdale should name Peek and New ton try Livingatou. Tho most probable effect Is that the new counties will Incline Governor Boynton to make the race. A very pretty race is outlined for the state sena- torshie. It the Hon. Frank Rico will ask for the nomination, and probably get It, while Captain Bray will go before the people of the threo counties to sco whether or not they indorse his rejection by the senate. Mr. Richard K. Fox. of the Police Gazette, who wos here lately before tho city court to answor the charge of circulating obscene literature, is a notable character in his way. He landed in New York from Belfast, Ireland, a dozen years ago with less than five dollars in his pocket. He reported awhile on a dally paper and then became a canvasser for the Police Gazetto. His success was such that he was admitted to partnership. Tho paper ran down until ten years ago, when Fox, then twenty-three years of age, became solo proprietor. In the ten years since then he has rnado a fortuno of a million and a half dollars. Ho paid 9-'50,000 for the building in which tho Gazette is printed and has it stocked with seven presses that cost alono $120,000. The circulation of the Pollco Gazette ranges from 140,000 to -75,000 a week, at 6% cents a copy. Special issues are made for great events, such as tho Ryan-Sullivan fight, that kept tho pretses busy for a week and sold up to nearly 400,- 000 copies He also prints tho Week's Doings, which is practically a re-issue of the Gazette, using the pictures that were printed in that paper five or six years ago, and now catch resh readers. Ho also publishes 63 salacious books, such ns Glimpses of Gotham,'* "Secrets of the Stage," 'Folly's Queens." These sell by the thousand. * Fox is a natty, ronnd-shouldered young fellow of quick manners, shrewd and plucky, no is natu rally the "boss" of tns rougher sporting element to which he caters, and has given in money prizes for slugging, walking matches, and tho like, over 925, ’ 000. His publications have tholr best hold in tho lower quarters of tho great cities, and among the adventurers o the bolder states. It Is said that he publishes, without charge, two religions papers,and doubtless draws bis own conclusions ou tho small- nereof their circulation as compared to his wicked sheets. Some one asked General Toombs if he thought the Inspection of fertilizers was a protection to the farmer. 'Tilbe* ten dollars," ho replied, "that I can take a sack of sand and drag a polecat through It and fool tho best inspector they’ve got." * Mr. W. F. Sams gays of too western shipment of oranges, "We expect to ship bOG car loads of Flori da oranges to tho west this season. Last year we .shipped not West has developed as a great market for oranges and melons In Jhe past few years. In 1881 we will ship 4,000 cars of melons and 1.UOO cars of oranges direct to tho northwest. 1 SOCIAL BQUALITYIN TEXAS. The Catered People Withdrew Their llcecat AcUm Asutnut the Kellreuda. Galveston, Texas, September 22.—J. N. Johnson, an attorney, and J. R. Bryan and W. K. Reed, cler gymen, all colored, after a conference with Vice- President Waldo, of the Houston and Texas Central railroad, bare Issued a card to the colored peopleof Texas, stating that all suits against ' e above mentioned on account of e denial of equal accommodations „ negroes are withdrawn and farther suits are dis couraged. The company will pat on separate and exclusive cars, with equal accommodations for ita colored patrons, within three months. The card expressly denies that salts were brought to force so cial admixtures, and announces that tbe uegroes do ekon by tbe Texas Central. TARHEEL LYNCHING. Jahason Taken Oat at Utchaand Jail aad Hanged la a Tree. CUAAiarrg, N. C ,September 22 'Thursday night armed and mounted mob took from Richmond county jail Archie Job aeon, and taking him to a neighboring tree hanged him until dead. About one week ago Johnson, who is colored and about twenty years of age, committed a bru ml a'nault n pon a little white girt On being arreated.though the Impulse was stroug to lynch him. it was deci ded to let the law take its course. The condition of at stated. and an attack, made upon the Claed m Urn Dracrvad to He. Nashville. Tcnn.. September 22.—Some time ago Thomas O. Summers was absent from the city. While he was away a New York drummer named Fcmggfns, who was casually introduced to hi* wife her boarding place, add rowed an impudent note _ her. The lady rebuked him aud Informed her husband as soon as he returned. Dr. Hammers, _ - who has been looking for Scroggins ever dace, j total Investment, and my farms increase in value found him today in a atore on tse public square mr » Without any preHminarie* the do'dor took a slight I . ... . . walking cane which he carried and slapped several I "What is the rule on which you have farmed?" sharp cute acroaa ncrosnrin'a face, lie was ar.eriod * "I am acorn reiser, f have never been bitten by for the umuitaad by the recorder. j cotton craze.. X nrake.ftll my terms sclf-snppon- Lieutenant Garllngton, who was in charge of the late Arctic exploration, Is woll remembered by our people as a handsome young follow, of fine address and character, who spent a furlough with|hls tether General Garllngton, in Atlanta In 1878. He was a great favorite here, and Atlanta is proud of the distinction he hu won. A curious freak in tho salt fish trade of Georgia Is reported by Mr. Grceno, of Wyly & Greene. He says: "Last March there was a rise in the price of mackerel, which Is tho staple brine fish of this section. The rise was in anticipation of a short catch. After May aud Jane, which are the fishing months, the price jumped up until No. 3 mackerel, which were worth a year ago 93.50, are worth 98 a barrel. As soon as this rise began, that is lu April, a Chicago man came Into our store and wanted to sell mo some white fiah." "They are a lake fish?" "Yes; and packed in brine just as mackerel are. None had ever been sold In this market, and wo do clined. He asked us to let him leave 20 barrels as a trial order, he prepaying the freight. We agreed but thought they would rot In our cellar. In le» than a week we had sold them aud ordered 50 bar rels more, We sold these before they arrived, and ordered 100 barrels. Iu a few weeks wo had sold 500 half barrels. The other merchants then order ed, and I suppose 20.000 half barrel*havo been sold in the Atlanta market this searon/ 'llow do they compare In prico with maccercl?* Thoy sell for about half of what maekerel cost. They are packed just as mackerel, but of slightly Inferior flavor and fineness. The supply In tbe great lakes isexhaustlest, and they will doubtless become the staple salt fish of tblsseciiou, mackerel becom ing a comparative luxury. Tube-roses by the acre, violets by the half acre, and roses In long rows blooming as profusely as cotton ia a sight that may bo seen on the flower term of Wachendorff. just outside our city limits. Touching the city demand for flowers Mr. Wachen dorffsald: "Atlanta buys more flowers every year than the year before. As the city grows larger and richer, greenhouses multiply and cut flowers rell faster. 1 add to my capacity every year, and will soon have my whole farm one huge flower bed. It Is notable that Mr. Wackendioff Imports many of bts hyacinths and geraniums, and ships to Europe tube-rose bulbs packed in dry sawdust. Roses hold the first place In popularity,. and tbe pink, sweetest and best of flowers, hss few bat devoted adherents. I was over about Athens a few weeks since, and noted a curious phase of land-holding In that neigh borhood. Three farmers, Mr. John W. Nicholson, Mr. Giles and Mr. James M. Smith have been stead ily absorbing small farms until they have accumu lated from 5,000 to 8,000 acres each, and hold in three ownerships what waz formerly held in perhaps fifty. Their (arms are all occupied bv tenants who have supplan ed the former owners. While the absorption of these fifty farms may not foreshadow tbemaadog of fsrm owner.bip in a few bands, and the substitution of a tenantry for a peasantry, the process and result by which it came about is interesting. Mr. John W. Nicholson, a man of large wealth outside of his term lands and partner of Reaves, Nicholson A Co., one of the largest firms In the state, said to me: I havo steadily bought terms, because I found that farming properly done, g»ve me better returns for my money than anything else. I have several hundred tenants, all of whom are .prosperous, have made from eight to fifteen per cent on my ing. Most of them raise corn to sell. I mako as much cotton as I can after I've made an abundance of coni, wheat, oats and provision crops. I feed my land well, making tho compost heap do its full work, and X insist upon system in all the farm opor atlons, "There is Giles," Mr. Nicholson went on to say, "who has become rich by just such farming, camo out of the war poor. He bought on credit half of a farm owned by Mr, Henry Hull. Ho paid for it and took the other half at an advancod price. Ho paid for ilia* and has since bought several farms. Ho is worth more than 9100,000 and has made it all by judlciou* terming. He has had no better lands than Ms* neighbors and no hotter chances. Me has simply had corn to sell while they’ve had to buy corn. He has bought fsrm after farm of the cotton raisers, after selling them corn fora year or so. He still keeps full ct!hr, and sells corn to those of his neigh- bora who bclievo there's no money in raising it." "Mr. brnii.h has had pretty much the same ex perience?" ,j "Yes, except that I believe Smith first tried the all-cotton pi An. Ho lost at this, and then had a lit tle store in Athens. Ho then drifted into tho corn raising schedule and has since made a great deal of money. As soon as he found it paid ho put his profits into lands, buying now farms. He is now, I expect, the largest farmer in Georgia. Ho runs about five more pIowb that I do. Ho nlwayB has corn to sell,aud his policy Is to leave his land rlchor every crop he totes off It." "This thing of the cotton craze," said Mr. Nich olson, ' Is pe/odic, and always brings ruin with it. It cannot bo Argued away. It has to come, spend its force, ruin its victims, and force them to reform. In 1831-2 I was a boy on my father’s farm, Thoso were days of plenty with Georgians. Wo raised on oui farms everything wo needed from feathers up to corn. Tliecottongin then began to to circulate and overybody wont crazy on cotton. The craze increased until '38 whon there was general failure. From thou until '40 thousands of farms were »>Idout and a now start was made on tho corn raising principle. There was prosperity for a low yea. iL when tho cotton mania took hold again, and In. *48 to '60 thoro was another general crash and liquidation. Tho corn-reisers camo to tho front ogalh and things picked up smartly. Be fore the all cotton plan could ruin us, tho war camo on. Since tho war it has been tho same ebb and flow When our people raise their own pro visions they prosper. As soon as they got fairly on tholr feet, tho speculative fever gets them and thoy go into cotton raising. After awhile there is a crash and then the/ go back to sensible farming, which is ralso you town provisions, and after that ratio your money crop.*’ Mr. Farish Furman, Georgians will be glad to learn, left hh* widow and children in comfortablo circumstances. He was insured for 95,000 lu tho American l.oglon of nonorand 83,000in tho Royal Arcanum. This will mote than pay his debt* and leave his estate unencumbered. His rental from his plantation amounts to about 70 bags of cotter., and his profits from the farfn ho cultivates wil: bo about 81.500. His citato will got a royalty on every ton of fertilizers mado by his compost and told by tho Furman fertilizer com pany, which Is estimated at 11,200 to 81.500' for the preiwut Mason, and more in the future. His affairs will be wound up by Mr. Sanford, his law partner. Had Do',r Funhan Jived five years longer ho would have boon a rich man. As it is his wlfoand two chUdroi. ore well provided for. I have a letter from Colonel C. C. Jones, undor date o' the '8th lnst&zit, In which ho says that tho history of Georgia Is in typo, NEWS OF GEORGIA. what THE PEOPLE ARB SAYINO AND DOING. All tb. Lc.dlRjt CrltBN, C.au.ltfr. and Oth.r Er.nl. -How tho Crop. Throughout the Country Bland -Talk About roll.lo. and Bu.lnr.a- M.tter. ct Ceo.r.1 Int.rc.t, A to. Scottsboro, September ID.—Henry Kelil bns of Into missed several hogs from his pen and resolved to wdttfli for the thief. About eleven o'clock Isstnight Mr. Retd discovered a man walking towarda bia hogs, and as the man was seen to climb tbe fence, Keid fired, and going to tbe spot found be bad killed Abraham Oreen, a near neighbor. Tiie parties lived in the northern part of this county, about twenty miles from Scottsboro. Seventeen buckshot entered tbo body of Oreen. Cartkbsville, September 17.—Frisble, one of tbe jail breakers, chanted with murder, was captured by Mr. W. K. Pickett Friday afternoon about dark somo three miles from town. The other two fugitives have managed so far to eludo the vigilance of the officers. CuTiingRT, September 17—On Saturday, the 15th inat., Joe Holder, a negro lil years of aee, was tried and committed for the murder of a negro boy 10 or 17 years old, named Wilson Hadden, alias Shields. The killing occurred some eight or ton miles from Cutbbert, on Wednesday laat; and grew out of a difference concerning!, moneyed settlement between tbo negroes. Joe Holder will bo tried at the fall term of tho superior court Tjhwakton, September 17.—On tho twenty fourth day of December, 1882, Dock Miller killed Bb Jackson, hli half brother, at Delrey, in this county. It seems that thoy wero on their way home from this place in a wagon and had gone as far aa Del rey. when they became involved in a quarrel which resulted In Jackson striking Miller on tlio bend with a stalk of sugar cane, after which Miller cut Jackson several times with a knife, killing him almost instantly. Miller had not been seen until about ten days ago, when ho wns arrested by tbe mayor of West Point, Miss., and waa brought here yesterday by SherilT Foster and lodged In jail. Thoy are both white men. Miller is comparatively a young man, being about twenty-fire years of ago, while Jackson wns over thirty, and leaves a family. The indictment against Miller charge, voluntary manslaughter, but as It was a family afiafr, it la thought that tbe cir cumstances of tbe killing will bo ameliorated by all. Miller was visited at the jail to-day by bis father. Tbe scene of their meeting was very affecting. They had not seen ono another in nearly two yean. AttovsTA, September 18.—Another instance of a white baby being left with a colored woman by a while girl came to light to-day. A physician was called by the woman to see Id had convulsions, • . - - » ih *i jr uvuiRin in in iviny, 3i>» ^ ears amt tbej year ....U rS fmirM ^ tht, «co„d volmuc. noth lfook. half dozen cars. Tho mnstrated and will cousin of about 675 octavo pngci. Tho work Is being done by Houghton MUIfin A Company, which Is o guarantee of 11s cx cetlencc. Tho two ..volumes should bo In the hands of tho booksellers by tho middle of October, and before Christmas should hold an honored place In every library In tbe stato of Georgia. Mr. Itlchard Teton, whose happy thought of nodal galhorlni In tho Interest of tho now Kimball bouse, gave the dcclatvo stroko to that enterprise, huocon potential tn almost every Atlanta enter prise since file city was a cross-roads. Ho located tho Georgia mllroadu far as Madison, thus laying tho way for our flnt locomotive, wu superintendent of tho road when It reached Atlanta, and in connection with Mr. Oaruott desig nated tho point at which it outesed. llo then established a dally line of stagea from this point to Montgomery and controlled tho travel by rati and staga from Charleston to New Orleans. He then butlt the largest grist mill up to that day In the south. To supply this with fuel he boughtaboutMO seres of land which Utenortbsldeof thecily now covers. The bolletaof Hits mill wero sold to the coufedesate government and Augusta mado the principal supply ot powder for lire confederate armies. At the close of thewer, Mr. Peters, by per soual Invitation, persuaded General Tope to make Atlanta his headquarters—and though ho and Popo afterwards quarrelled because Mr. Totem would not acknowledge that “a negro wu u good sa a Whiteman,” I’ope'e coming hero unquestionably made this the center to attract tho Hotting ele- mentsof that chaolte period, and Anally result In catching tho capttol. Mr.Teters also organized and built ouratreot rail road system and gavo Atlanta tho only street nil- read la the eolith that never tailed and wu sold out. Ho wu at tho first meeting of the expeeftton committee, and wu one i prime movers In the Exposition mills, lfo wu also a director In Atlanta's flnt bank, and In everything that hu Interested Atlanta, be hu been to the front,genial, liberal, and sagacious. The fife and lufluence of no man Is so Intimately and potential- ly connected with tbe growth and expansion of our city. He now steps in and strikes the clinching lick on the Kimball house enterprise. There Is a curious feet connected with Mr. Peten and the lot on which the capttol la to be built. That lot (four teres) wuowmd by Mr. Jones, of Griffin, who wu elected to congress. Ho did not havo tho reedy money to carry him to Wublngton and he sold this lot to Mr. Pete re for 1100. Mr, Peten held It for sometime relating to tell to pri vate parties because be thought ft should bo kept for public purposes. At length he sold It to tho city fort-VMO. There being no money In the treasury, tbe flnt bonds evar Issued by the city were Issued and paid to Mr. Peters. He little thought when be told that gtoo lot, that he would lira to tea It occu pied by a million dollars capital ol an empire slate. MISB ANNIE BOYLE’S TREASURER. DtSvaUy la Wblrh a Utr Wall liana la Atlanta tins nn Internal. WHXXM.vii, W. Va., September S2.-A! * o’clock, tbit morning, J. It. Birmingham, treuurer of the Frederick Wnrdo theatrical company, got Into a difficulty with Him Annie Boyle, lending lady ol the company. On the pretext of delivering a package bo made insulting propoiaU which wen resented by the lady, she rushed from the room to the parlor of the hotel and sent for the manager, John Collins. on bis arrival he found Birmingham under the Influ ence of liquor, bettering at the door. Collies stepped down to the office of Ute hotel, called a pouceman and had Birmingham arrested, lu the police court Blnnl the dar Manager L tbe infant, which she sal Tbo physician at once discovered that a largo dose of opinnt bad been given to tho child, which was in a very critical condition. Ef forts aro being made to discover the mother. The child waa given to the colored woman this morning. Chattanooga* Tenn., September 18.—Three months ago, Miss Marv, tho handsome daughter of Major Peter Powers, living near Rising Fawn, Dado county, Georgia, was married to Mr. Frank Gnns, a thrifty young farmer of tho neighborhood. It was said by gosslpera that tho young wlfo’saffectlons were not entirety centered on tier husband, but Was at her aged father's dc-nro that Him cl. tered Ibo marriage stato with young Gnus. Tho courso of their Iovo ran smooth enough, however, until n boarder was taken Into the family, In the person of handsome Dick Coppfngor, between whom and tbo » wife an intimacy sprang up. ■igbt morning, about ten days ago, tbe young wife, likewise Mr. Copnlnger, disap peared. Nothing was known of their whero abonts until to-dity, when Mr. Gans, accom panied by Major Powers, arrived in this city, whore they learned that Mrs. Gans was at a boarding houso In the fifth ward. She was found, and when her husband and father called on her, contested all, stating that her partner in guilt had obtained employment In a brickyard. Warrants had been issued and officers went in search of Copplngcr, who waa soon found. A large crowd had collected in the courtroom, drawn tbttlier by re|>orta tliet something truly sen sational waa on hand. When Coppingor was brought into court, the recreant wife, un mindful of her husband's presence, bounded forward and clasping her parnntpur around tho neck, clung to him, crying that she loved him better than all the world and would die for him. A sceno of Intense dramatic excite ment ensued, when thebeurt broken husband tore his guilty wife's arms from tbe neck of her lover. Copplnger was held in a bond of two hundred and fifty dollan, In default of which he was lodged in jail. Gans took his wife to a hotel, and will remain to prosecute Copplnger to the full extent of tbe law. Augusta, September Iff —Major Samuel U. Crump, clerk of the superior coart of Rich mond county, was found dead in Ins bed this morning. Ho waa with a party of friends at ten o’clock last night, but has keen in bod health for some time. He was a lieutenant in tbe company which went from Augusta to tbe Mexican war, remaining with the American army throughout that war. He was esptain of tbo Walker Light Infantry in the First Georgia regiment in the late war. Afterwards he was major of an independent battalion in the army of northern Virginia The cause of his death wia heart disease, Atiissu, September 10—A special from Athens, Tennessee, says that about 0 o'clock this morning, tbe white employee in the erection of the Metuodiit Episcopal cbnrcb building at this place, were working near tbe eavea. The scaffolding suddenly gave way, currying down, in wild confusion, three wurkmen, Charles Taylor, David Logan and Charles Foster, with brick, plunk, buckets, etc., a distance of forty feet. Taylor was killed, Logan’s hack was broken and his hip dislocated, and Foster i injuries are supposed to be fatal. Amiant, September JO.—Very few addi tional particulars of the killing of Mr. James W. Calhoun by Allen Ford, colored, in Worth county, on Sunday laat, have reached us. There had been some bad blood between the parties, arising out of the lose by Calhonn of a bridle which he accused the negro of steal ing. and on tbe day of the shooting be met Ford in tbe road, having tbe bridle In bis pos session. Wiien Calhoun advanced upon Ford, with what particular purpose la not known, the latter drew his pistol and fired, tbe ball taking effoef near the heart and producing almost instant death. At laat accounts tbe negro bad not been arretted. Calhoun leaves a widow and seven small children. He was a respectable farmer of Worth, and well tbooght of by hit neighborr. A serious stabbing affray is also reported to bare occurred at Acrev, in Worth county, on Saturday night last, in which Mr. Frank Boatright, watchman at tbe turpentine dis tillery there, was stabbed with a knife below the left tboulderblade hy one Dsn Holland, colored, indicting a very severe wound. Boat- right waa alive attest accounts. No arrest bad been made. Savannah. September IB.—Thornes Lewis,- colored, working at Iteppsrd’s wharf, bad his prevemtd blot. | prints the f •mg: A horrible crime has been committed near Mabelton, In this county. In that vicinity lives an unmarried white woman named Elizabeth Avery, about X5 years old. There in a home of poverty and ein her and her six year-old daughter lives alone. On the 15th and 16th inst, visiting and charitable neighbors found the woman sick in bed. She said nothing of tho true etatc of affairs, but sus picion wssj aroused iwhlcb resulted in an investigation being made on Monday Inst. The little girl upon being closely questioned, said she knew where the baby was buried and lead to the spot near tho house. Her mother had ntado her take a hoc and scrape out a hole and place the murdered child in It, cov ering it with a little dirt, a few rocks and some straw. Tho mother warned the child that If' (he Idisclosed its whereabouts she would kill her. But that Innocent little girl not Comprehending the turpitude of the crime committed by her mother, not only reveulcd the plocf of Iu burial, but said: ''Mamma wrung the baby's neck and hit it on ttio head with a stick. 1 ’ The dead iufant was unearthed, and Dr. Childers upon exam • (nation found its neck broken and its skull crushed. The mother, when confronted with tlio ghastly corpse, acknowled to giving the child birth, but denied putting it to death. She gave no eatlsfactory statement of ita an- timely taking off. A. 1*. Dmlgen, notary public, acted ns coroner nnd held an inquest. The jury placed tbo suspicion on the mother, and as soon aa her physical condition will ad mit, she will bo brought to Marietta and lodged in jail. Atiiins, September 21.—The meeting of the old soldiere of Madison county, at Madison springs on Thursday, was a grand succcssand everything passed of pleasantly. West Point, September 21.—Mr. Gaines Huguley, residing a few miles north of West Point, bad his arm so severely lacerated in the gin yesterday that ho died in n few hours froth the effects of bis injuries. Ho wns at tempting to brush away motes with his hand while tho gin was in rapid motion, and get ting to near tho saws hla arm was caaglit and shockingly mangled up to his olbow. He wav a young man, only about 22 years old, nnd hud been married about a year. He leaves a wife and two children, twins, only n few weeke old. Athens, September 21.—A negro by the name of Robert Stork, fourteen years old, put ground glass this morning in tlio bread of the family of Mr. Robert Callaway, who lives four miles from Athens, and Mra Robert Csllawny, Mrs. William Callaway, of Oglethorpe, and a baby are In a critical condition. Mra R. Cal laway ia a neico of Judge A, Potter. The boy has been arrested anil lodged in loll. Ho no- knowledges his guilt and says ho wanted to hurt a negro girl. Savannah, September 22.—Last ntgbt s colored man supposed to be concerned in tho Uecrtcl mur der In this city, and for whom search wss made on St. Catherines Island, wss Dually apprehended by a man named Grayion, who wsssrmcd with a shot- S ,n. The negro had a struggle with him, In whli h egnn wssilN-hiirgud, the contents entering his body and Intllctlng a wound from which no died In a lew minutes. Among hla cltVctK was found Miversl euvclopis with Uio address. "Clarence C. U llltams, northeast cornor Meeting and Society streets, Charleston. South Carollna.' r Tho name ol the negro Is not known. Coroner ShcttsU has gone to hold an li.qntst. A UOUSTA, September 22.—General E. P, Alexan der passed through AngustA last night on bis way o Washington, Os . wherooiio o( bis amt-slavery 111. Tho announcement that tho legii-laiurehid agreed to pay the funeral expenses of Governor Stephens gav- general satistactfoa in Augusta. Tho pcoplo thought ihcro should havo been no hesita tion about tho matter. Colons™, September at — R. H. Stanford, an old man who keeps a store near Cottage milt, on tho I.umpkln road. In Chattahoochee county wca waylaid aud robbed wlillo enroute to this olty tilts morning, hy two white men. They got ninety dollnrs from him. They staid with anegrolnthe neighborhood tho night before, from whom they look twenty cents, all the money ho had. They arosirangors In Uilssectlon.and havo not boon ar rested. Ono wore bltio suit with a c oth ctp, tho outer was dressed In Jeans with a round erown hat, Tho Chattshnoelieo superior court convenes Mon day. Judgo Willisana members of tho birgo to Cossets tomorrow. Albany, Soptcmbcr 21.—Jesso D. Weston, son ot B. It. Weston, of Albauy, was slabbed la tho right side this afternoon, by a negro named Henry Rob inson. In a dtsputo shout eomo shingles. The wound Is qulto s serious one. Tho negro was at- llob Starks's con fession clears her. Whitfield's taxable property has Increased this year $75,-100. Bamlcntvlllo Herald: Tho church edifice at this place was rendered unfit for uso a year or two sinco by tbo falling in of the roof, and divino worship there of necessity suspended. Through tbe liberality, faowover, of tlio former members and tho generous neighbors and friends in that community, tbe house lias been rebuilt, and is now aiiaut ready for occupancy. This is one of tho oldest estab lished Methodist churches In tbo county, and was so called from a Mr. Harris, ono of its first members who donated tho land for the building. Bishop Francis Anbury, the first bishop in tho Metliodlstchurcb once preached here. A two doy's meeting will bo held here on Saturday and Runday, tho 20th and -TOth Inst, conducted by the pastor Rev. L. It. Green. Speaking of tho alleged Sprewell tragedy, near Doravllle, details of which were vouched forby tbeGwiunettiIcrald,tbeDeKalbCounty News says: Thero is no truth in tbo report nor foundation (or 1L The whole, thing Is aupposed to have grown out of tho capture anuaubseqnent killing of a negro burglar by Ufllcer Joe Green, of Uio Atlanta police, some two weeks alnce, ho being seriously cut at the lime. Mr. Green is a son-in-law of Mr. Wila. Sprewell, of Fulton county. As the cutting and shooting affray between Green and the negro was published at the time, some one knowing Green os a aon-in-law of one Spre well, probably got the thing mixed in telling Spring Place Times: Saturday last about dark the town was thrown Into some excite ment, caused by a pistol firingnear the resi dence of Dr. Keister, mingled up with fright ful screams of some female. It was soon as certained to be an unfriendly engagement between Ham Cleveland and Judsun Galt, both colored, the former’s wlfo making the noise. Judson received two shots, both fiesb wounds, but not serious. 8am was suspected of the shooting and waa arrested. John Baity, colored, suspected of being accessory was also arrested. Acourt of inquiry convened Mon day and after a tedious Investigation Sam waa held to answer in tbe sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, which wu promptly given, and Bally wu discharged. Marietta Journal: On lut Friday Mr. Will Groover, of tbta county, carried his six year old boy into bis ginhntue to show him how it operated. While Mr. Groover had hia back turned, the little bov observing the cotton seed dropping from the gin, incautiously ran bia right arm underneath the saws, which drew in his arm, lacerating tbe flesh to tbe bone in a fearful manner. Dn. Cleland and Cortalyou visited the boy, but found him almost pulseless. They refrained from amputating tbe limb at that time, hopeing a reaction would take place, but the little fellow died tbat night. The relatives of J.«f °' d boy, I-ee Whitten, who was killed lut July by strain at tbo raiiroa reossingat Acwortb. bare inatitnt.-1 a suit for ten thousand dollars damsgin. Tic boy wu at tbe railroad creasing waiting for • freight train to pus on aside track, when the Rome express came in on the ma'a track, and his attention being occupied with the freight train, be did notobservethe approichingpar- senger train, and wu struck by ft and killed. -‘Yl vj * ‘

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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884, September 25, 1883, Image 1